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I use this web log (aka: blog) to periodically highlight specific photographs or galleries posted to this site. If you cursor over the photograph below, the title and caption will be revealed at the bottom of the photograph. If you click on the photograph, you will be whisked away to the parent photo gallery. Let me know if you particularly like, or dislike, a specific photo; your comments are extreamly useful—click here: Send An E-Mail Or click on the "Leave a Comment" link to the immediate right of the blog date below. Many thanks. Past blog posts can be accessed directly by selecting a previous entry from the "Recent Posts," "Keywords," or "Archive" summary at the bottom of the page. Note that you can also set up email notifications to alert you, in near real-time, to "Recently Added" photographs and new "Blog" entries that are periodically posted to this site. See SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE for details. Choo-Choo TrainsThe N.C. Transportation Museum is located in Salisbury, NC, on the site of what was once Southern Railway Company's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. J.P. Morgan, Southern's owner, chose the site because of its location midway between the railroad's major terminal points of Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Ga. Construction of Spencer Shops began in 1896, and they were named in honor of the first president of Southern Railway, Samuel Spencer.
During its peak, Spencer Shops employed nearly 3,000 people, which directly and indirectly provided most of the jobs for the towns of Spencer, East Spencer and other surrounding Rowan County communities. With the advent of the diesel locomotive, Spencer Shops went into decline. The repair facility closed in 1960, but the classification (freight) yard remained open until the late 1970s. The heyday of steam-power transportation in the U.S. is represented in the photographs below.
Birds Along the South Carolina CoastBrookgreen Gardens is a 9,000 acre private park on the coast of South Carolina that contains several aviaries with large numbers of captive birds. In addition, a large number of shore birds can be spotted in the wild along the South Carolina shores.
Sunrises and Sunsets Occur Nearly EverydaySunrises and sunsets can be spectacular on the South Carolina coast. Note that I did not muck with the color or saturation in the photographs below: the atmospheric show was, in fact, stunning.
Nighttime or Daytime: Architecture Is Pretty Much EverywhereCharleston, SC, has some very compelling architecture — night or day. The Battery, Charleston, SC |
